This week's episode of the Empire Podcast is perfectly balanced, as all things should be. In the first half, Chris Hewitt sits down with ol' Thanos himself, aka the one and only Josh Brolin, for a wide-ranging conversation that takes in birthday parties, Brolin's growth as an actor, his aversion to compliments, and his return as the indefatigable Gurney Halleck in Denis Villeneuve's Dune Part Two, which opens this week (21:56 - 41:02 approx). Chris then ticks another one off his bucket list by having a fun Zoom chat with Adam Sandler, star of the new Netflix sci-fi drama Spaceman, and his co-star Paul Dano (56:14 - 1:10:38 approx). Either side of those, Helen O'Hara hosts from the podbooth this week, and she, James Dyer, Alex Godfrey and Sophie Butcher tackle a couple of listener questions, one involving Muppets; discuss what passes for the week's movie news (this pod was recorded slightly earlier than usual), and give Dune Part Two, Johan Renck's Spaceman, and Zelda Williams' Lisa Frankenstein the review treatment. And yes, James goes absolutely nuts for Dune. Sorry, Duuuuuuuuuuuune. Enjoy.
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#263: Charlie Hunnam
#262: Danny McBride
#261: Julian Barratt & Simon Farnaby
#260: Neil Gaiman
Warren Beatty Interview Special
#259: Geoffrey Rush
#258: Gemma Arterton
#257: Riz Ahmed
#256: Carl Weathers, Norman Reedus, Greg Nicotero
#255: Armie Hammer
#254: Dan Stevens, Bill Condon
#253: Tom Hiddleston
#252: Sir Patrick Stewart
#251: Gore Verbinski
#250: LIVE with Christopher McQuarrie
#249: Denzel Washington, Will Arnett
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